It’s easy to understand why self-service data analysis and visualization have become popular these past few years. It made users more productive by giving them the ability to perform their own analysis and allowing them to interactively explore and manipulate data based on their own needs without relying on traditional business intelligence developers to develop reports and dashboards, a task that can take days, weeks, or longer. Users can perform ad hoc analysis and run follow-up queries to answer their own questions. They’re also not limited by static reports ...
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